OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Birmingham to Baltimore

682 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BHM–BWI arrive on time 67% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate67%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.8%of scheduled flights

based on 132 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel3.8%
    Flights132

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline6%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)32%
  • Late aircraft61%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather80%
  • Air traffic (NAS)20%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 5 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly BHM → BWI

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 93% on time.

  • Mornings93% on time · p90 5 min · 119 flights · limited
  • Middays84% on time · p90 25 min · 295 flights
  • Afternoons80% on time · p90 30 min · 429 flights
  • Evenings66% on time · p90 60 min · 176 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 74% to 87% on time.

  • Tuesdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 156 flights · limited
  • Thursdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 157 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 156 flights · limited
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 25 min · 156 flights · limited
  • Sundays74% on time · p90 45 min · 169 flights · limited
  • Fridays74% on time · p90 40 min · 157 flights · limited

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.